Applications Analyst - SAP - Purchase to Pay Procurement 

Houston Area Location 

Contract - 1 year (to start)

Job Description:

• Purchase-to-Pay Procurement IT Analyst with experience implementing solutions on SAP ECC 6 or later platform.
• Experience needed in the areas of Requisitioning, Purchase orders, agreements, release strategy, workflow, Goods receipts, material and service masters, material classification, Pricing conditions, MRP, Inventory management.
• Knowledge of SAP business suite solutions such as SRM and MDG a plus. Ability to perform IT design, configuration, prototyping, unit testing/documentation, batch variants setup and define management of change requirements.
• System Design skill with strong ability to collect business requirements, perform a fit/gap analysis, apply SAP industry best practices, and define use cases for implementations in a global environment.
• Ability to write solid and detailed functional and technical design documents in English, to be handed over to developers or other project staff, covering design for configuration items and custom developments as well as work with business experts to understand their requirements, guide and advise them on best solution approach managing business experts with confidence.

Requirements

• Candidates must have at least 8-10 years of SAP implementation experiences, after graduating from college

Scope of Work

• Individual will be part of the client's Corporate Procurement team
• Will work on major SAP Purchase-to-Pay projects or small work items (enhancements) in the Logistics - Inventory/Warehouse Management areas or to provide Production Support to these SAP modules
• Develop and document functional specification based on business requirement
• Work with programmers to ensure the technical solution meets business requirement
• Perform unit and integration testing; support testers for user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Lead management of change for migrating SAP changes to the Production environment
• Mentor and conduct knowledge sharing sessions for fellow colleagues
• Work as part of Agile scrum team, sharing in responsibility for total team production

Soft Skills Required

• Self-motivated and high-driven to succeed
• Able to communicate clearly at both the technical level with programmers and at a functional/business level with end users
• Able to work independently and as part of a global, virtual, agile team
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Is proactive and willing to help others
• Inquisitive and willing to learn new technology and business processes
• Good documentation skills

Technical Skills and Experience Required

• Extensive experience with SAP ECC 6.0 or higher
• Extensive SAP functional and configuration experience in Material Management (MM), Logistics (LO) module
• Proven ability to analyze and map business process, create functional and technical design document
• Proficiency in troubleshooting ABAP programs, IDOCs, Workflows